Ring in the new year with meaningful speech and language practice!
The New Year’s Describing Wheel turns a classic describing task into a festive, functional activity perfect for targeting expressive and receptive language skills in January. Simply place a themed vocabulary card in the center of the wheel and guide students through each descriptive prompt to build strong language foundations.
Designed for speech-language pathologists, classroom teachers, and intervention teams, this low-prep resource is ideal for MTSS and RTI support.
What’s Included:
1 Describing Wheel Mat with 8 prompts: emotion, size, senses, gender, category, action, shape, and color
20+ New Year’s-Themed Vocabulary Cards (e.g., fireworks, clock, party hat, calendar, balloon, confetti, toast, resolution, noisemaker, streamers)
Visual clipart for each word to support comprehension and AAC use
Print-and-go format—perfect for easy implementation in therapy or classroom centers
Why You’ll Love This Resource:
Seasonal theme makes describing practice fun and relevant
Reinforces sentence expansion and vocabulary application
Easily adaptable for various levels of learners
Encourages expressive and receptive language growth
Who It’s Perfect For:
SLPs supporting speech and language goals in the new year
Teachers implementing Tier 1 or Tier 2 RTI/MTSS strategies
Special education staff looking for festive vocabulary activities
Families wanting simple, structured language games at home
Preschool and elementary learners working on language development
Targets and Skills:
Descriptive language and vocabulary
WH-question answering
Sentence construction
Sensory and categorical language
Receptive and expressive communication
How It’s Versatile:
Great for group therapy, 1:1 sessions, or literacy centers
Pairs well with New Year’s books or goal-setting activities
Works across a range of student abilities and needs
Easy to use with AAC or visual supports
Fun seasonal anchor for winter speech and language instruction
Make the start of a new year a celebration of language growth!
The New Year’s Describing Wheel is a joyful, low-prep way to boost speech and language skills while keeping students engaged.
Ring in the new year with meaningful speech and language practice!
The New Year’s Describing Wheel turns a classic describing task into a festive, functional activity perfect for targeting expressive and receptive language skills in January. Simply place a themed vocabulary card in the center of the wheel and guide students through each descriptive prompt to build strong language foundations.
Designed for speech-language pathologists, classroom teachers, and intervention teams, this low-prep resource is ideal for MTSS and RTI support.
What’s Included:
1 Describing Wheel Mat with 8 prompts: emotion, size, senses, gender, category, action, shape, and color
20+ New Year’s-Themed Vocabulary Cards (e.g., fireworks, clock, party hat, calendar, balloon, confetti, toast, resolution, noisemaker, streamers)
Visual clipart for each word to support comprehension and AAC use
Print-and-go format—perfect for easy implementation in therapy or classroom centers
Why You’ll Love This Resource:
Seasonal theme makes describing practice fun and relevant
Reinforces sentence expansion and vocabulary application
Easily adaptable for various levels of learners
Encourages expressive and receptive language growth
Who It’s Perfect For:
SLPs supporting speech and language goals in the new year
Teachers implementing Tier 1 or Tier 2 RTI/MTSS strategies
Special education staff looking for festive vocabulary activities
Families wanting simple, structured language games at home
Preschool and elementary learners working on language development
Targets and Skills:
Descriptive language and vocabulary
WH-question answering
Sentence construction
Sensory and categorical language
Receptive and expressive communication
How It’s Versatile:
Great for group therapy, 1:1 sessions, or literacy centers
Pairs well with New Year’s books or goal-setting activities
Works across a range of student abilities and needs
Easy to use with AAC or visual supports
Fun seasonal anchor for winter speech and language instruction
Make the start of a new year a celebration of language growth!
The New Year’s Describing Wheel is a joyful, low-prep way to boost speech and language skills while keeping students engaged.
